Raging against the public-sector pay cap

The government will never pay what it owes until we raise our voices, says LILIAN MACER
WE FACE difficult times in the trade union movement with an avowedly anti-union government, which has shown its disdain for workers’ rights across all sections of the workforce — notably the sustained attack on the public-sector workforce through the implementation of the pay cap of 1 per cent.
However, Unison members across the public sector are now calling time on the pay cap and are demanding a substantial pay rise.
This has been the worst and most sustained period in which pay increases in the public... read more

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